The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-11

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OOlOhr. biluiDll oI LNH.tNIl... It joe.
writes to the Toledo E.l. -9m.
week since iA wriior mat Mr.D. o.
Locke, aud uduoihm 90 road % .it
tie worh on The c.uiuuiou oi fr.pa-
ecy 10 thcycr Lcar future -,.e uoat
decade That work. Iho Near APP
prOach of Christi 500 ud Advent
was written for the purpose oil pre-
henting, In tCr-c md com. rCheu-Iyo
form to the common reader, au ella
ciGalion of the proph cic- and with
out intent to make profit, ~ they
were put on sale simply to cover colt
by Bradley ~ Gilbert, Lou -yil.c, 49,
atl2c-the great r portion of The cdi-
ton being distributed grAtl-, .crgy
men. There are facts shown winch
scarcely anybody ia the [ nitcd states
IL aware of ana il is evident that
from these the truth OF prophecy can
be III inisincd, and that il will be
vastly difficult for the ablcst aguo-tic
60 controvcrt or rciutc them Mr..
Locke ha- seen that this open up a
question OF yn,t interest to his myri-
ads OF readers, aud 49, my studies
nav Y an HlAH"'h lII' W lAl "a NlIN 'NlOl'
thai other events are soon to happen
which hitherto have escaped the ate
tentiou Of thcologAns, or oihct.
vcrscd in the my-tcric, of the proph
eCics, the desire IL now Expressed to
me To make the Blade the medium OF
communication ~ mpart the new
version and elicit proper thought and
discussion irO o. those who may 6D.
knowledge IL. usefulness or inter, {.
Mr.. Locke writes go me.
Please rem mbcr, ~ writing thi
article, that yOunr. going INTO .l5uOU
families, the 2rcHt umjprity OF whom
have some, though not "a thorough
know edge Of the subject. Have the
beginning so explanatory az the fun
d1u'n'a principles thW they win
comprohoad You Will awaken am
enormous interest ln itat once.
II Is necessary, tLCr, fore. h- the
readers SID not have before them the
subjects which nave previously Ji--
cus-,d, that should write % prciiml.
nary article, ana coudcusc therein tIc
chlti head, Of my con lectures and
my mteri relations at the Od nd
New Testament ! was VrntiHcd to
reccly, from hon Cn,r Of u,in.lo
a corv ~ ,hn yin,rs ,jt,t, on,..r,,
almost prccisoly vim mine ON .prh
points n. ynrc di.russcd hv Nan mad
nrnved contrary o. ia n,,.,.,,,, -,
80 many LunJrcd. ot scct. t,attyn
per-or can ROAD ~. s.ri,,"r'. and
interpret them alike.
The conclusions arrived at by me
l. The general w'cLodncsa mstori.
alism, unbclicf and gcncr,l Jrrlsion
ofholy subjects. indicates the near
fultillinent of the rr,nh"cic. as
foretold by the Old nrorb.ts and Gv
Christ and hi. Aposile-
2 Tint the grea,r.t r,sourcos ot
Information on Tho nnrrnn.bin,,
events are TO be found in NJ uthcw
XIV. Mark xiii. Lukc xvii and vi
Revelations xiii NV. xvi WI win
AK. audxx.. Ezekiel NX\iU WIN
and Daniel VIM. iX. Nil
D. That tho previous renturi,-
have shown the mlG.lment of prouh.
ccy literally from tie yeai 6ut pcforo
Christ, whore Nebuchadnc1l.r first
dcl'ed the tomple at ,Irru.alem
4. That as we can trace down cacn
event, which was forctold so many
hundreds OF years prior to it, occur.
reuco, so We can now. from the great,
or progress IN knowledge. the more
easily read what has bccn 30 loup a
sealed book; which twas not even
given to Daniel TO know, nor to John
whom he wrote the ApocalyIs,.
3. Daniel as well, A. Christ ioreto,d
tho signs by which Christian, should
know when the Great calamitios
would prccodc, 10y very .hortn riot.
the second advent OF Chris, n. he
sand, "tor then shall bc great tr.bua
tiuns, such - WA, not since the bee
ginning Oh the world no. nor ever
SHAH be. Aud except those day.
should be shortened, there should no
hosh be saved; bat TOR tLc elect ,ak,
those days shall be shortened"
80 Daniel iJrctold that. uotw Do
standing these fearful forcrunners
both physical phrcuomCua I'm Hxht-
ming, earthquakes cyclones, huge
hai', loveling of mountains. dcstruc
ton OF cities, siuk.ngol islands and
the pestllenco OF famine, -emblmg
OF ali nations I'm gigantic battle aud
bloodshed-and tho rigI and por.
tents IN the sun, mooa and smr-